Decision details

The Council's delegated budgets scheme allocates budgets of £15,000 to each Ward covered for the financial year 2017/2018. The funding for this scheme can be spent on supplementing funding public services, for the benefit of the local community.

Councillors Cain and Hobson of Bloomfield Ward have requested £700 as funding together with Brunswick Ward, Claremont Ward, Clifton Ward and Talbot Ward to Blackpool Food Bank for the purchase and installation of a refrigerated container to store frozen food donated to the Food Bank.

Councillors I Taylor and L Williams of Claremont Ward have requested £700 as funding together with Bloomfield Ward, Brunswick Ward, Clifton Ward and Talbot Ward to Blackpool Food Bank for the purchase and installation of a refrigerated container to store frozen food donated to the Food Bank.

Councillors Hutton and L Taylor of Clifton Ward have requested £700 as funding together with Bloomfield Ward, Brunswick Ward, Claremont Ward and Talbot Ward to Blackpool Food Bank for the purchase and installation of a refrigerated container to store frozen food donated to the Food Bank.

Councillors I Coleman and Smith of Talbot Ward have requested £700 as funding together with Bloomfield Ward, Brunswick Ward, Claremont Ward and Clifton Ward to Blackpool Food Bank for the purchase and installation of a refrigerated container to store frozen food donated to the Food Bank.

Councillors Ryan and Wright of Greenlands Ward have requested:

(i)£1,055 as funding to the Parks Department for the hire of a tracked chipper unit to assist with grounds maintenance at Devonshire Road Rock Gardens

(ii)£158.73 as funding to the Parks Department for the installation of an additional power socket to the pump house room at Devonshire Road Rock Gardens.

Councillors Cox and Humphreys of Squires Gate Ward have requested £593.20 as retrospective funding to Highfield Community Group as this group have found that they have insufficient funds for cover the Christmas Tree Lights Switch On Event last November in Squires Gate Ward.  Squires Gate Ward councillors have agreed to fund the residual amount under these exceptional circumstances.

The Leader of the Council agreed the recommendation as outlined above namely:

To authorise the requests, as submitted.